Precise temperature measurement is essential in a wide range of applications in the medical environment, however the regarding the problem of temperature measurement inside a simple incubator, neither a simple nor a low cost solution have been propos...
Squares in the urban historical built environment are public open spaces prone to the risk of terrorist acts, essentially because they are ideal soft targets and attract significant user densities. Risk assessment methods should consider how users be...
Ozone pollution and global warming are affecting plant growth and ecosystem functions considerably. However, the information is limited on the effects of these factors on foliar traits and carbon sequestration (CS). This study evaluated the effects o...
Drug addiction has become a worldwide problem, affecting millions of people across the globe. While the majority of mechanistic studies on drug addiction have been focused on the central nervous system, including the mesolimbic dopamine system, the p...
This paper aims to evaluate the temperature increase caused by a 3.0-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system on an ultrasonic motor (USM) used to actuate surgical robots in the MRI environment. Four fiber-optic temperature sensors were attached to...
Hypotheses regarding the association of increased species or genetic diversity with gradually warmer regions as a global pattern have been proposed, but no direct and solid experimental data are available to approve the association between plant gene...
The distribution of forest vegetation and forest carbon sequestration potential are significantly influenced by climate change. In this study, a map of the current distribution of vegetation in Yunnan Province was compiled based on data from remote s...
Continuous wave (CW) and microsecond pulse (MP) laser irradiations were compared regarding cell damage and laser-induced temperature rise at retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). The RPE of porcine RPE-choroid-sclera explants was irradiated with a 577 nm...
Thin film thermoelectric generators are expected to be applied as power supplies for various Internet of Thing devices owing to their small size and flexible structure. However, the primary challenges of thin film thermoelectric generators are to imp...
Climate-change-induced temperature fluctuations pose a significant threat to crop production, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere. This study investigates the transcriptome and physiological responses of rapeseed to post-flowering temperature inc...
The pre-oxidation process of Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers is a complex procedure involving multiple stages of temperature increase and isothermal temperature retention. However, the impact of the temperature increase stage on PAN fiber has often be...
Ensiling is a simple and effective method of alleviating a shortage of forage for ruminants. This study aimed to investigate the effects of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) inoculants and stage-increased temperature on the fermentation characteristics and...
Based on a previously developed empirical model of global solar irradiance (EMGSI) at the Dome C station under all-sky conditions, and on good simulations of global solar radiation and its losses in the atmosphere caused by absorption and scattering...
Leaner, more filigree, and resource-saving constructions are the development goal of the in the building industry. In reinforced concrete construction, a ultra-high strength concrete was developed to achieve these goals. Due to its use and requiremen...
To increase the efficiency of laser oscillators by overcoming losses, the unsaturated gain must be increased. For this purpose, high-intensity pumping, typically higher than 100 kW/cm2, is effective. However, the temperature increase and strong therm...
Climate change impacts crop production, pest and disease pressure, yield stability, and, therefore, food security. In order to understand how climate and atmospheric change factors affect trophic interactions in agriculture, we evaluated the combined...
During ethanol fermentation, yeast cells are exposed to various stresses that have negative effects on cell growth, cell survival, and fermentation ability. This study, therefore, aims to develop Kluyveromyces marxianus-adapted strains that are multi...
This study explored the effects of the sowing stage and nitrogen application rate on the grain yield and its allocation of light-temperature resources over a 9-year experiment from 2011 to 2019. Measurement indicators include the effective accumulati...
Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura is widely used as a biological control agent of many lepidopteran pests. Diapause has been used as an effective method to preserve the Trichogramma products during mass rearing production. However, it currently takes...
The Adriatic Sea and its coastal region have experienced significant environmental changes in recent decades, aggravated by climate change. The most prominent effects of climate change (namely, an increase in sea surface and air temperature together...
Our objective was to identify the upper ambient temperature threshold that triggers an increase in cortisol in response to increased thermoregulatory demands in polar bears. The results reported here include endocrine data collected over two years fr...
Copper (Cu) is essential for many physiological processes in phytoplankton, including electron-transfer reactions and high-affinity Fe transport systems. However, at high concentrations, Cu can have a toxic effect on phytoplankton. Phytoplankton’s to...
The Mediterranean basin has been classified as a hot-spot for climate change. The Mediterranean Sea plays a fundamental regulatory role in the regional climate. We have analyzed the largest available and complete time series (1982–2019) of blen...
The presence of seasonal snow cover in the cold season can significantly affect the thermal conditions of the ground. Understanding the change of the snow–soil interface temperature (TSS) and its environmental impact factors is essential for predicti...
Phytic acid (PA) is a storage form of phosphorus in seeds. Phytase enzyme is activated at germination and hydrolyses PA into myo-inositol and inorganic phosphate. PA inhibits the absorption of minerals in the human intestine by chelation. Its degrada...
The critical consequence of climate change resulting from global warming is the increase in temperature. In combined cycle power plants (CCPPs), the Electric Power Output (PE) is affected by changes in both Ambient Temperature (AT) and Sea Surface Te...
According to data obtained from meteorological towers, Brazil has significantly increased temperature in the past 20 years, particularly in the North and Midwest regions. Vapor pressure deficit and evapotranspiration were also analyzed, showing an in...
Temperature homeostasis is controlled by the vagus nerve. Thermal information is collected by thermoreceptors present in the viscera and driven across sensory neurons of the nodose ganglia (NG), which in turn send it to the hypothalamus. While transi...
Physiological changes in animals induced by environmental shifts in aquatic ecosystems can be studied using fish cell lines derived from vulnerable species. Therefore, we investigated how environmental shifts—specifically, an increase of 5 °...
This study examines exceptional maximum temperature (Tmax) events in mainland Portugal (1980–2024) using ERA5-Land reanalysis data at 1012 locations. To assess changes in the occurrence and temperature excess of exceptional events across two 22...
In this work, the effect of the sample temperature on the magnesium (Mg) and titanium (Ti) plasmas generated by a Q-switched Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser operating at its fundamental wavelength of 1064 nm has been investigat...
Global warming poses a significant threat to lake ecosystems, with high-mountain lakes being among the earliest and most severely impacted. However, the processes affecting water ecology under climate change remain poorly understood. This study inves...
The Yangtze River has the third greatest water flow and is one of the most human-influenced rivers in the world. Since 1950, this river system has experienced drastic human interventions, leading to various environmental changes, including water temp...
As the major power source for electric vehicles (EVs), lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) suffer from the degradation of technical performance and safety at low temperatures, which restricts the popularization of EVs in frigid regions. Thus, this study dev...
The increase of summer temperatures and a prolonged growing season increase the potential for agricultural land use for subarctic agriculture. Nevertheless, land use at borderline ecotones is influenced by more factors than temperature and the length...
Orchids are fascinating for many reasons: their reproductive strategies, their pollination systems and the various morphological adaptations they have evolved, including the presence of pollen grains agglomerated into two masses, called pollinia, whi...
The ongoing climate warming has been reported to affect a broad range of organisms, and mountain ecosystems are considered to be particularly sensitive because they are limited by low temperatures. Meteorological data show an increased temperature fo...
Temperature rise of a specimen is a significant issue in drawing industries for wire, rod, and bar products, because an excessive increase in temperature during the drawing process can deteriorate the product quality and die life. The influence of th...
To evaluate long-term temperature changes caused by the operation of a geothermal heat pump (GHP) system, temperatures near borehole heat exchangers (BHEs) of the GHP system in Korea were measured. The temperature measurements showed increasing rates...
The aim of this work is to study the effects induced by climate changes in the framework of the stochastic resonance approach. First, a wavelet cross-correlation analysis on Earth temperature data concerning the last 5,500,000 years is performed; thi...
Ongoing climate changes reportedly affect the potential distribution and carbon sequestration potential (CSP) of forest vegetation. The combined effects of increasing temperature and decreasing precipitation on these features of forest vegetation are...
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Daily surface soil temperature data from 360 weather stations in China during 1962–2011 were retrieved and analyzed. The data revealed two aspects of asymmetric soil warming. Firstly, there was asymmetry between day and night in terms of increa...
The effects of contact conditions at the wire–die interface on the temperature distribution of the specimen and die are investigated to understand the wire drawing process. Finite element analysis and experiments are performed to analyze the te...
Smarter, more filigree, and resource-saving buildings are the aim of developments in the construction industry. In reinforced concrete construction, ultra-high strength concretes have been developed to achieve these goals. Due to their use and requir...
Weather forecasting, especially that of extreme climatic events, has gained considerable attention among researchers due to their impacts on natural ecosystems and human life. The applicability of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in non-linear proce...
Climate change is an important factor for sustainable water resource management in the arid and semi-arid countries. In this study, future trends of temperature and rainfall were assessed for several regions in Saudi Arabia. The linear and Mann–Kenda...
In the context of climate change, the current rise in temperature, changes in precipitation, and extreme weather events are exceptional and impact biodiversity. Using the Mann–Kendall trend test, change-point analysis, and linear mixed models,...
Recent advancements have been made in understanding the mechanisms and perspectives of fuel cells operating at elevated temperatures. However, the changes in electrochemical processes within the membrane electrode assembly remain unclear. This study...
This study aimed to establish the effects of elevated CO2 concentration and temperature on the photosystem II (PSII) performance and photosynthetic characteristics of Populus simonii × P. nigra ‘1307’ leaves. Different CO2 concentra...
As a viscohyperelastic material, filled rubber is widely used as a damping element in mechanical engineering and vehicle engineering. Academic and industrial researchers commonly need to evaluate the fatigue life of these rubber components under cycl...
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